Crime incidents in Metro Manila dropped by 60 percent during the Holy Week compared to the same period last year, the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) said on Monday, April 21. While the significant decrease is mainly attributed to the exodus of Metro Manila residents and workers...
PNP (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) One incident can't magically undo the Philippine National Police's (PNP) gains against criminality. Thus, said House Assistant Majority Leader Lanao del Sur 1st district Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong as he defended the PNP...
CAMP MARCELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Police said the crime rate in the Cagayan Valley region dropped in the first quarter of 2025 compared to the same period last year.Police Brig. Gen. Antonio P. Marallag Jr., Police Regional Office-2 chief, said 1,790 crimes were recorded from...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has slammed the spread of what he described as "staged crime content on social media" even as the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been reporting a significant...
(Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) Senatorial candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson has told the Philippines National Police (PNP)--which he led from 1999 to 2001-- to keep up its efficiency that led to the lowering of the crime rate this year."What I can say...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Raul Angelo "Jil" Bongalon (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) House Assistant Majority Leader Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Jil Bongalon is calling for stronger media literacy among Filipinos, especially among the youth, in order to...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) recorded a 27.76 percent decrease in crime rate nationwide since January 1 this year but its chief, Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil, is not happy. Well, not exactly because he wants a higher crime reduction rate but because the efforts of his men on the ground...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – A policewoman shot and wounded his live-in partner, also a police officer, during a heated argument inside their house in Barangay Sinawal, this city, on Monday morning, March 24.THE suspect (left) as her mugshot is being taken. Her live-in partner (right) is being...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has expressed concern over the arrest of an online content creator for alleged digital manipulation of the statement of President Marcos to make it appear that the President is calling for the legalization of illegal narcotics.Citing reports, the CHR said...
More than 662,000 local ordinance violators were apprehended while the confiscated illegal drugs went up by more than double at P267 million after the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) overhauled the anti-crime approach in Metro Manila in November last year.NCRPO director Brig. Gen....
Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte Ranking congressmen have decried as fake news the recent claim of Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte that the number of crimes now is higher than during the time of his father, former president...
DAVAO CITY – Police are preparing charges against the suspect in the killing of a 17-year-old aspiring model in 2020 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.TAGUM City Police Office chief Police Lt. Col. Wildemar Tiu (right) inspects the skeletal remains believed to be of Quinnie Grace Arong....